blab gardeners...

SBL · 07-03-2009, 12:09 PM

what could be making the blossoms fall off of my zuchinni plants? doesn't look the're being eaten... just the blossoms are on the stem one day and then lying on the ground the next... clean break. any ideas?

Georgia · 07-03-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SBL

what could be making the blossoms fall off of my zuchinni plants? doesn't look the're being eaten... just the blossoms are on the stem one day and then lying on the ground the next... clean break. any ideas?

Noticed any signs of critters? Like little furry woodland creatures?

rikki · 07-03-2009, 12:40 PM

It could be the plant kicking them off because their job is done. How long has this been going on?

SBL · 07-03-2009, 12:42 PM

no... and everything else is ok. neither flower nor stem is eaten. same thing happened last year... and I never got any zuks.

Georgia · 07-03-2009, 12:50 PM

Huh.
So, are they dropping after they've completed their bloom and begun curling up or during? Sorry for all the questions but I'm trying to figure out how long they're on the plant before they drop off...

Georgia · 07-03-2009, 12:56 PM

Could this be it?

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vege...-the-plant.htm

SBL · 07-03-2009, 12:58 PM

Basically they bloom, curl up, and drop off, but it doesn't look like the normal drop off to make a zuke... more like just sliced off.

Hayduke · 07-03-2009, 12:59 PM

I wonder if pollination is a problem when you have only one or two plants. Can you get squash out of a single plant with no close relatives?

SBL · 07-03-2009, 01:02 PM

www.photobucket.com/susanbauerlee

i'm away from da house so I don't know if that will get you there or not but there's a pic there of the damage... don't know if it will show up well.

Georgia · 07-03-2009, 01:08 PM

Sounds like it's not that uncommon for the male blossoms to form first so they're around for cross pollination once the female flowers begin blooming. If there aren't any female flowers blooming then the male flowers drop off and the article mentioned it looking like omeone took a pair of scissors to them.

One of the organic gardening sites suggested hand pollinating your plants and seeing if that helped the situation. Might not have enough natural pollination going on?

07-03-2009, 12:09 PM	#1
SBL Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: west o' the duck pond Posts: 705	blab gardeners... what could be making the blossoms fall off of my zuchinni plants? doesn't look the're being eaten... just the blossoms are on the stem one day and then lying on the ground the next... clean break. any ideas? __________________ . . Time to shit or cut bait, man. -- sbl Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire www.cooldogcreative.com www.facebook.com/susanbauerlee

07-03-2009, 12:40 PM	#3
rikki Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: clinging Posts: 4,834	It could be the plant kicking them off because their job is done. How long has this been going on? __________________ monkeys don't turn to men down at the zoo

07-03-2009, 12:42 PM	#4
SBL Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: west o' the duck pond Posts: 705	no... and everything else is ok. neither flower nor stem is eaten. same thing happened last year... and I never got any zuks. __________________ . . Time to shit or cut bait, man. -- sbl Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire www.cooldogcreative.com www.facebook.com/susanbauerlee

07-03-2009, 12:50 PM	#5
Georgia Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Claire Posts: 8,505	Huh. So, are they dropping after they've completed their bloom and begun curling up or during? Sorry for all the questions but I'm trying to figure out how long they're on the plant before they drop off... __________________ Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun~ Party in James' shower! Everyone is coming!!! Your nickname can be polish and mine can be rust.

07-03-2009, 12:56 PM	#6
Georgia Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Claire Posts: 8,505	Could this be it? http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/vege...-the-plant.htm __________________ Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun~ Party in James' shower! Everyone is coming!!! Your nickname can be polish and mine can be rust.

07-03-2009, 12:58 PM	#7
SBL Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: west o' the duck pond Posts: 705	Basically they bloom, curl up, and drop off, but it doesn't look like the normal drop off to make a zuke... more like just sliced off. __________________ . . Time to shit or cut bait, man. -- sbl Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire www.cooldogcreative.com www.facebook.com/susanbauerlee

07-03-2009, 12:59 PM	#8
Hayduke Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: on the hard Posts: 4,741	I wonder if pollination is a problem when you have only one or two plants. Can you get squash out of a single plant with no close relatives? __________________ Men and ships rot in port.

07-03-2009, 01:02 PM	#9
SBL Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: west o' the duck pond Posts: 705	www.photobucket.com/susanbauerlee i'm away from da house so I don't know if that will get you there or not but there's a pic there of the damage... don't know if it will show up well. __________________ . . Time to shit or cut bait, man. -- sbl Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire www.cooldogcreative.com www.facebook.com/susanbauerlee

07-03-2009, 01:08 PM	#10
Georgia Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Claire Posts: 8,505	Sounds like it's not that uncommon for the male blossoms to form first so they're around for cross pollination once the female flowers begin blooming. If there aren't any female flowers blooming then the male flowers drop off and the article mentioned it looking like omeone took a pair of scissors to them. One of the organic gardening sites suggested hand pollinating your plants and seeing if that helped the situation. Might not have enough natural pollination going on? __________________ Shake it 'til the moon becomes the sun~ Party in James' shower! Everyone is coming!!! Your nickname can be polish and mine can be rust.

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